Who Was Alive
Aulus Gellius
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Aulus Gellius

Roman writer and grammarian

Born c. AD 130 · died c. AD 180
Also known as Agellius, Gellius, Aulus Gellus

Who was alive at the same time as Aulus Gellius?

  1. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  2. Zhang Heng, AD 78 – AD 139
  3. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
  4. Arrian, c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  5. Appian, c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  6. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  7. Justin Martyr, c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  8. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  9. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  10. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  11. Aulus Gellius, c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  12. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  13. Lucius Verus, AD 130 – AD 169
  14. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  15. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  16. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  17. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  18. Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
  19. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  20. Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238
  21. Commodus, AD 161 – AD 192
  22. Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218
  23. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  24. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273

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Born during Aulus Gellius’s lifetime: Nagarjuna, Tertullian, Septimius Severus, Commodus, Didius Julianus, Macrinus, Clement of Alexandria and Maximinus Thrax.

Not quite contemporaries: Plutarch died about 5 years before Aulus Gellius was born, Tacitus died about 5 years before Aulus Gellius was born, Trajan died about 8 years before Aulus Gellius was born and Pliny the Younger died about 13 years before Aulus Gellius was born.

Where Aulus Gellius’s contemporaries were born

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The 43 best-known contemporaries

43 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Aulus Gellius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 155.

  1. Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
  2. Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  3. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  4. Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
  5. Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  6. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  7. Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
  8. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  9. Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
  10. Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
  11. Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
  12. Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
  13. Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  14. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  15. Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
  16. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  17. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  18. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  19. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  20. Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  21. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  22. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  23. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  24. Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  25. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  26. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  27. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  28. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  29. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  30. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  31. Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
  32. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  33. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  34. Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
  35. Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
  36. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  37. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  38. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  39. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  40. Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  41. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  42. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
  43. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240